Why did we chose Bush TWICE???

Question

I know I didn't!

Answer 1

Because we are stupid!

Answer 2

I'm not sure we chose him once. The first "election" of Bush was decided by a Republican Supreme Court in a decision that resulted in all of the Florida votes not being counted.

The second is what I call the Oops Election. John Kerry was ahead. John Kerry was winning. Oops! It is George Bush after all. Mysteriously, 66 counties in Ohio have missing election returns, even though ordered by a judge to keep them intact. So, any investigation of that shady election may not be possible now.

Answer 3

He won the Electoral vote the first time.


Have you ever heard of the Electoral College? When you vote(that is the popular vote), you get an elector(something you are never really told). Now that elector is supposed to cast his/her vote in the favor of the majority. That is why popular and electoral votes usually coincide. These people don't always do that. They may vote in their preference. These "faithless electors" can be fined a fortune.

Now there are 538 electors. (435 for the House+100 for Congress+3 for Washington D.C.) To find the number in your state, take the number of representatives in your state, and add two for the Congress. If you live in Washington D.C., you have 3. You need 271 electors to win the presidency.

About the whole Bush fiasco, I used to believe that he rigged the election, until I found a website that explained the whole voting process better (Wikipedia was to "scholarly" with all the terminology). Now, although I don't like the way that he handled things, I believe that he may have won the election fair and square. Bush-271 to Gore's-266 leaving Ralphie boy the leftovers.

Now, there is a major difference between a "democracy" and a "constitutional republic".

Democracy- "demos"-people "kratein"-to rule.
To rule by the people.

Constitution- A system that establishes the rules and principles that monitor a political power.
Republic- A system of government in which the people elect representatives. Mind you "Republic" is found in the names of totalitarian regimes.
Note Wikipedia's definition of republic: A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch, where the people of that state or country (*OR AT LEAST A PART OF THAT PEOPLE*)have impact on its government and that is *USUALLY* indicated as a republic.

Now if you string that together using my definition..." A codified system that monitors a political system elected by the people. That is drastically different from..."A system run by the people."

* FOR EXAMPLE* (I emphasized that part.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rep...

Note Korea and China on this list.

Answer 4

Not everyone chose Bush twice. The first time was largely because people knew the name Bush from the former president Bush. The second time was largely due to the fact that Kerry stank relatively and that the War in Iraq did not seem that bad yet.

Answer 5

Attention Deficit Disorder

Answer 6

I never voted for him once, let alone twice. Bush ran on national security which was still foremost in people's minds. Fear tactics worked at the time.

Answer 7

Because - Americans are stupid and Kerry is more stupid then Average american... and Bush is the king of Stupids...
and
Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel was the head of, and continues to own part interest in, the company that owns the company that installed, programmed, and largely ran the voting machines that were used in elections...

Answer 8

the first election was stolen from Al Gore, remember Broward County Florida....then John Kerry ran and Bush was the only one to select because of Kerry's inconsistencies...

Answer 9

I assume you mean the collective "We, the People". The fact is the Supreme Court ordered the recount of the votes in Florida stopped, as it would cause "irreparable harm to George W. Bush if it proceeded". As far as I am concerned he is an illegitimate President who was put in office in violation of our Constitution, which is the Law of our Land. Therefore he is a criminal.

Answer 10

Bush had a brother as Govenor of Florida-Supreme Court Appointees from Dad. Lost the popular vote by over 500,000 votes but got it from the electorial college vote.

Answer 11

The electoral college gives voters in states with small populations a larger say in the general election. Smaller states tend to be socially conservative, and vote on those interests.